Cornell Law international human rights clinic works on behalf of Malawian death-row prisoners
CORNELL UNIVERSITY – You don’t go into human rights work expecting to see massive change overnight. But that’s just what happened to students working with Professor Sandra Babcock on behalf of Malawian death-row prisoners as part of Cornell Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic.
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USC News – In January, the year-round USC clinic — the only one of its kind among Southern California law schools — will mark its 15th year of offering representation to asylum clients such as Nangha Nangha.
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CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL – Successful entrepreneurs need a wide range of supportive services and specialized technical assistance. The WVU College of Law Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Clinic was honored with the Entrepreneur Support of the Year Award for its long track record of success in providing legal services to start-up companies, small businesses, nonprofits and…
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THE CHICAGO MAROON – The University of Chicago Law School’s Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project (PAP) partnered with the Invisible Institute, a South Side nonprofit, to release a database of Chicago Police Department (CPD) complaints to the public.
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THE STRANGER – A group of local law students is upset with the King County Bar Association (KCBA) for supporting the construction of a new King County juvenile jail, and one of those students recently resigned in protest from his student liaison position with the KCBA over the issue.
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NWI.COM – Established 10 years ago, the Valparaiso University sports law clinic is the only one of its kind.
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THE NEWS & OBSERVER – With the help of lawyers from Our Children’s Trust, an Oregon-based climate change non-profit, attorneys from Duke University’s Environmental Law and Policy Clinic and Gayle Tuch, a Forsyth County lawyer, Hallie seeks to persuade state leaders to adopt rules that would reduce greenhouse gasses.
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WISH (INDIANAPOLIS) – A group of students that are studying law to become attorneys focused their efforts on helping former inmates back into society on Sunday. The Black Law Student Association at the IU McKinney School of Law held a holiday party and called it a ‘New Beginning Holiday Party’ for recently released inmates and…
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YALE LAW SCHOOL – Professor Issa Kohler-Hausmann ’08, with amicus support from the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School, successfully appealed a New York State court ruling prohibiting a record requestor from suing an agency for unreasonable delay when filing a Freedom of Information Request in the state.
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THE SETONIAN – Enrolled in his first year at Seton Hall’s School of Law, Anderson is more comfortable wearing a jersey and some Under Armour high-tops as he goes up for a dunk. That is because the transfer from Fresno State is also a forward on the men’s basketball team.
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